Upgrading PS 5.0 LE to CS3

Wondering is anyone can help me with this question....
I want to upgrade my PS 5.0 LE to the latest version CS3. When I call adobe the upgrade price for the version I have it's $549, but any other version 7.0 or higher is only $199. Is there truly a difference in the contents of the upgrade or is adobe charging more because my version just older and costed less?? I just want to purchase the CS3 upgrade for $199 but I'm afraid it won't work even though my gut feeling is that it will. Does anyone have an answer for me??

WOW Thanks for all of your advice! I LOVE this forum, it's more helpful than everything else I've tried. What I didn't mention is that I worked 4 years with photoshop 7 on my old computer which was a PC/Dell, before that I worked 8 years in photoshop on my mac (don't remember which versions, 6.0??). I purchased photoshop 5.0 LE to get by until I could afford to buy a newer version, I don't do graphic design any more so I thought I could get by with the 5.0 LE. I just wanted it for photo alteration/re-touching/saving photos for my website. I have not even tried the 5.0 because as you know I can't load it. It sounds like if I've been working on 7.0 (I know it backwards!) I won't like the Elements 6?? I downloaded the trial and I can't open it, VERY frustrating! It's hard to explain, there's not really an icon that shows "application" I tried downloading it twice and the same thing happened, I literally can't open it.
I'm not sure what to do because I feel like the CS3 is overkill for what I'd use it for (and expensive). The cheapest I found the upgrade from 5.0LE was $466. Yet, I don't want to be annoyed with elements 6 either.
Can any of you compare Elements 6 it to photoshop 7 ??

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